Usage:
Hiawatha Member of Wasatch Formation (CO,UT,WY)
Hiawatha Member of Knight Formation (UT-recognized locally in Washakie basin)
Geologic age:
Paleocene to Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from development on Hiawatha and West Hiawatha domes, in T. 12 N., R. 100 and 101 W., Moffat Co., CO (Nightingale, 1930).
AAPG geologic province:
Greater Green River basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).